The Underground City
The Underground City, by Jules Verne, is a novel about the fortunes of a mining community called Aberfoyle which is near Stirling, Scotland. Miner James Starr, after receiving a letter from an old friend, leaves for the Aberfoyle mine. Although believed to be mined out a decade earlier, James Starr finds a mine overman, Simon Ford, along with his family living deep inside the mine. Simon Ford has found a large vein of coal in the mine but the characters must deal with mysterious and unexplainable happenings in and around the mine.
196 pages, 2 editions
English edition · First published 2006 by Filiquarian Publishing, LLC · ISBN 9781599869322
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Editions
2 editions
English
- The Underground City · Filiquarian Publishing, LLC · 2006 · ISBN 9781599869322 This page
- The Underground City · Independently Published · 2020 · ISBN 9798554101168
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